The following professionals participated in the preliminary round of judging for the 10th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business during September-October 2013. Their average scores determined the 2013 Award Finalists. The awards judging process is now moving into the final judging phase. We thank the preliminary round judges for their interest, time, and insights. For more information about the program, including a complete list of all award categories, visit www.StevieAwards.com/women.
2013 STEVIE AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS PRELIMINARY ROUND JUDGES:
Husam Mahmoud Abdallah, Sr. Specialist Strategy & Business Excellence, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Amal Al-Najjar, Human Resources Supervisor, Fluor Corporation, Ahmadi, Kuwait
Eline Altenburg-van den Broek, Director, Quid Novi Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands
Amy Anda, Director, Credence Management Solutions LLC, Washington, DC, United States
Kausar Asif, Sr. Manager Mktg. Services, Cupola Pakistan Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Ani Atanasova, CEO, Pixelhunters, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tyrone Bachus, Sr. Director, Communications and Quality, Trowbridge & Trowbridge, McLean, VA, United States
Rashi Bajaj, Founder, Carpet Couture by Rashi, Delhi, India
Ishrat Bano, Doctor, Harvard University, Brookline, MA, United States
Victoria Barnett, Senior Marketing Director, Royal College of Nursing, London, United Kingdom
Michelle Bart, President, CEO, National Women's Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation (NWCAVE), Vancouver, Canada
Deepa Barve, Sr. Recruitment Leader, SSOE, Portland, OR, United States
Janet Beale, Managing Director, Sytor Enterprises Pty Ltd, East Lindfield, NSW, Australia
Maxim Behar, CEO, M3 Communications Group, Inc., Sofia, Bulgaria
Sherry Bellamy, Website Designer, JZ Consulting, Centreville, VA, United States
Sheri Benjamin, Silicon Valley Chair, Vistage International, Saratoga, CA, United States
Denise Blasevick, CEO, The S3 Agency, Boonton, NJ, United States
Erin Bolton, VP, Pivot Communications, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Tya Bolton, CEO / Business & Event Strategist, Exceptional Business Solutions, LLC, Waldorf, MD, United States
Jennifer Braun, Owner & CEO, Type A Events | Festivities, Medina, MN, United States
Emily Brown, Journalist Blogger, The Career Pioneer, Washington, DC, United States
Jane Bryant, Director, Spire Communications, Potomac Falls, VA, United States
Estee Buaron, MBA, Previous RBC, Ontario, Canada
Peter Bush, Chief Executive, New Swansea Bay, Port Talbot, United States
Bev Campbell, Employee Advocate, Western Wireless, Eastport, ID, United States
Annie Castellano, Chief Creative Officer, Switch: Liberate Your Brand, St. Louis, MO, United States
Etta Cohen, Founder, Forward Ladies, Leeds, United Kingdom
Camilla Colegrave, Independent Consultant, New York, NY, United States
Kimberly Cooley, Communications Director, Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough, Chattanooga, TN, United States
Churchill Dass Prince, Founder & CEO, Sales Intellect Company, Chennai, India
Robyn Davis, Owner, When I Need Help, Columbia, SC, United States
Danielle Di-Masi, Business Etiquette Expert, Click! Training & Consulting, Sydney, Australia
Gail D'Silva, President & COO, JAUST Consulting Partners, San Jose, CA, United States
Christine Dunn, Founder, Savoir Media, Belmont, MA, United States
Diane Emo, VP Marketing, Coverall North America Inc., Boca Raton, FL, United States
Lori Ericson, Product Planning and Development, Epicor Software, Denver, CO, United States
Joy Lynn Fields, President, Joy Lynn, Inc., Atlanta, GA, United States
Kharma Finley-Wallace, Business Operations Manager, AAA Mid-Atlantic, Washington, DC, United States
Rachel Fishman Fedderson, Editorial Director, Parenting.com, New York, NY, United States
Julia Forsyth, Senior Global Marketing Manager, GSMA, Atlanta, GA, United States
Allison Freeland, PR Director, iAcquire, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Heisha Freeman, Executive Vice President, The Move Management Center, Dallas, TX, United States
Jaclyn Frenzel, Vice President, AFM, Inc., Stockton, CA, United States
Patricia Garcia, Experience Architect, Critical Mass, Aurora, IL, United States
Lorretta Gasper, Owner/Principal, Wind Rose Communications, Atlanta, GA, United States
Dale Gerstenslager, GM PR & Communications, Doosan, Quang Ngai, Vietnam
Pamela Gharaibeh, Child and Family Therapist, Main Street Therapy for Children and Families, Livonia, MI, United States
Barb Girson, President, My Sales Tactics, New Albany, OH, United States
Marilyn Glazier, Social Media Director, Helen Doron Ltd., Misgav, Israel
Regina Glick, Director of Marketing, Summit Business Media, New York, NY, United States
Marina Go, Publishing Director, Private Media, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Audrey Godwin, Fearless Financial Mastery Expert, The Godwin Group, Bellevue, WA, United States
Keith Goggin, Partner, Integral Derivatives LLC, New York, NY, United States
Suzanne Harrison, Director, Strategy, Planning & Analysis, Allstream, Toronto, Canada
Leslie Harstad, Director of Marketing, Optum, St. Paul, MN, United States
Renda Hawwa, Corporate Communications, IntelligentMDx, Boston, MA, United States
Barb Hendrickson, President, Visible Communication.com, Livonia, MI, United States
Deborah Herman, President, Fabric Innovations, Miami, FL, United States
Jill Heron, Director, Marketing & Client Relations, AMAXRA, Seattle, WA, United States
Robyne Highsmith, Founder, Teen Dare To Dream Program, Zionsville, IN, United States
Yvonne Howie, Chief Executive, The CEO Institute, Sydney, Australia
Jennifer Hrycyszyn, VP, Greenough Communications, Boston, MA, United States
Clara HY Wang, Founder & President, KAI Communications, Beijing, China
Nicol Jameson, Director of Marketing & PR, Lisa Hoffman Beauty, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Anne Jefferies, Vendor Compliance Manager, AT&T Global Vendor Management, Biggar, United Kingdom
JP Jones, Owner, Paige1Media, Lawerenceburg, TN, United States
Rebecca Jones, Owner, bScene Marketing Solutions, Miami, FL, United States
Sheryl Jones, Managing Director, Ozuro Fine Fewelry, New York, NY, United States
Rose Jurczewski, Owner, Funxion Fuzion, Roselle, IL, United States
Kathryn Kavicky, Owner/Director, Parachute Communications, Stamford, CT, United States
Jennifer Keller, Director of Client Services, The James Agency, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Patricia Marie Kelly, Owner, Marie Kelly Unlimited, Algonquin, IL, United States
Laura Kerr, Principal Business Analyst - Interact, Sabre Airline Solutions, Dallas, TX, United States
Lesley Kirchman, Senior Director of Corporate Marketing, Actiontec Electronice, San Francisco, CA, United States
Roja Kolachina, CEO, Synerteq, Inc., Washington, DC, United States
Shamina Krishna, Manager, Training Department, Smart Reader® Worldwide Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Iwona Kubicz, President of the Board, Procontent, Warsaw, Poland
Mary Anne Lanier, Trustee, Ray C. Anderson Foundation, Marietta, GA, United States
Jill Liberman, Founder, Videoglobetrotter, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, United States
Sarah Lippincott, PR Executive, zcomm, Washington, DC, United States
Amy Lurier, CEO, TechFind, Inc., Natick, MA, United States
Anil Machado, Managing Director, Tnell, Sieradz, Poland
Morag Malloy, Managing Director, Fission Creative, Paisley, United Kingdom
Jessica Manna, VP & Chief Marketing Officer, Residential Finance, Columbus, OH, United States
Margaret Manning, CEO, Reading Room, London, United Kingdom
Lynne Marcus, President, Marcus + Company, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Carol Marx, Past President, American Agri-Women, Rickreall, OR, United States
Karen McFadzen, VP Technical Services, Cisco Systems, Chatswood, Australia
Laura McIntosh, President, M Entertainment, Lodi, CA, United States
Colin McKillop, CEO, Butcher Enteprises, Brownstown, MI, United States
Elaine Metlin, Senior Partner, Dickstein Shapiro, Washington, DC, United States
Jon Michail, CEO, Image Group International, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Stephen Moore, CEO, Petrochase, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Sarah Musgrove, Owner, Musgrove Productions, Playa Del Rey, CA, United States
Patricia Neal, President, Heartland Inc., Minneapolis, MN, United States
Karen Nicholas, Director, Learning Options, Manuka, Australia
Elizabeth Ojeda, Manager of Strategic Partnerships, City and County of Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Erica Olsen, COO/Co-Founder, M3 Planning, Reno, NV, United States
Lorraine O'Neill, Director, The EPI Centre Pty Ltd, Parrearra, QLD, Australia
Jill Osur, President, Save Your Do LLC, Walnut Creek, CA, United States
Donna Oulton, Managing Director, Planet Heaven PR, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Kaan Özsoken, Owner, K-Tex Sourcing & Buying Agency, Istanbul, Turkey
Nikki Parker, Regional Director, North America and Oceania, Freelancer, Sydney, Australia
Christine Pietryla, Senior Vice President of Public Relations, Walker Sands Communications, Chicago, IL, United States
Harish Pillai, COO, Indus Health Plus Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India
Jacqueline Plair-Rushin, Director, Global Customer Care, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Alpharetta, GA, United States
Julie Pond, CEO, Sage Environmental Services, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States
Lauren Prisco, Executive Vice President, Navis Learning Corporation, Canton, MA, United States
Jesintha Rajaratnam, Managing Partner, Joje India Consultants - Finance and HR, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Ariadna Randall, Independent Beauty Consultant, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Sonu Ratra, President, Akraya, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Shenan Reed, Chief Media Officer / Founder, Morpheus Media, New York, NY, United States
Maria Reitan, Senior Principal, Carmichael Lynch Spong, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Christina Robinson, Patient Care Representative, Group Health Coop, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessica Rovello, Founder, Arkadium, Las Vegas, NV, United States
Gyan Saxena, Member of Board of Advisor, DatamanUSA, LLC, Centennial, CO, United States
Amy Scarlino, President & CEO, Catchpole Corporation, Boston, MA, United States
Katja Schroeder, President, Expedition PR, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Mark Schroeder, Senior Vice President, M Booth & Associates, New York, NY, United States
Bae Seog Bong, Managing Director, KCU, Seoul, South Korea
Keira Shein, Partner, WilkinsonShein Communications, Stevenson, MD, United States
Julie Sheppard, General Counsel, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC), Pensacola, FL, United States
Ravinder Singh, Director - Strategy and Online Marketing, Kulwant Advisory, Kenya
Michelle Smith, VP, Digital Networks, Inc., San Francisco, CA, United States
Carla Spain, Communications Specialist, Patelco Credit Union, San Francisco, CA, United States
Carolyn Sparano, Vice President, Client Services, Bronto Software, Durham, NC, United States
Michael Spink, Communications Manager, LGFCU, Raleigh, NC, United States
Mindy Statz, Director, Aravo, Irving, TX, United States
David Stein, President & General Manager, Inman News, Alameda, CA, United States
Kim Stiglitz, Director of Lifecycle Marketing, VerticalResponse Inc., San Francisco, CA, United States
Natalie Sudina, Chief Executive, Best4Kid LTD, United Kingdom
Heena Sunil Bulchandani, Specialist-Training & Development, HR Training, DEWA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Letty Swank, Founder, Giftwrapperz, Los Gatos, CA, United States
Deborah Sweeney, CEO, MyCorporation.com, Calabasas, CA, United States
Veronique Topping, Owner and Web Developer, WomanOwnedNewYork.com, Rockville Centre, NY, United States
Susan Tripathi, Change Champion, SimFrost Consulting, Mumbai, India
Linda Varrell, President, Broadreach Public Relations, Portland, ME, United States
Anne Walker, Founder & CEO, International Dance Supplies Ltd, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Ann Wead Kimbrough, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Joyce Weiland, President, SoftPro, Raleigh, NC, United States
Charlene Weisler, CEO, Weisler Media, LLC, New York, NY, United States
Kelly Wels, CEO, GreenTeamDistribution.com, South Paris, ME, United States
Floor Wijburg, Co-founder, Yes We Care, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Polly Willson, Director of Digital Engagement, Reading Room, London, United Kingdom
Becky Wilson, President, WDS Marketing and Public Relations, Overland Park, KS, United States
Mark Wilson, President, ARIIX, Bountiful, UT, United States
Shunee Yee, President & CEO, CSoft, Beijing, China
Nicole Yelland, Director of Marketing & Communications, Livio, Ferndale, MI, United States
Gwendolyn Young, Executive Director, Seed of Hope Foundation, Oak Brook, IL, United States
Joseph Zitzelberger, Director of Manufacturing Development, PACCAR Inc, Chillicothe, OH, United States
Final judging, to determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists, will begin next week. Five distinguished women are chairing the 2013 final judging committees. Stevie winners will then be announced and recognized at the 10th annual awards dinner in New York City on Friday, November 8. Tickets are still available.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in five programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com, and follow the Stevie Awards on Twitter @TheStevieAwards.
